Terence Crawford Weight Gains for Fighting Canelo Alvarez: Was Speed Loss?

Ryan Garcia is questioning whether Terence Crawford can add the pressure he has been wearing without slowing him for his fight against a 168 -pound 168 lbs champion Canelo Alvarez next month on September 13th.

Will Crawford’s weight slow it down?

“That’s the deal. How will it respond to the new weight? Sometimes you’re slower. So it’s going to be interesting to see how Crawford adjusts, and how fast his hands move, because that’s one of Crawford’s great assets. The speed of his hand and timing. When you’re a little heavier,” said Ryan Garcia mediaQuestioning whether Terence Crawford’s weight gain will negatively affect his performance against Canelo Alvarez on September 13th.

Crawford has a natural slim frame edited for the lighter weight classes, and pushed himself to bulk up in his last fight in 154. We saw in his struggle with Israil Madrimov that he had lost much speed, with no power gain, and was clearly adult.

Bud new weight, the same speed?

For this fight against Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOS), but it looks like he has packed on 10 to 15 good lbs, thinking he will help him against the natural stocked Mexican star. It probably won’t. He is going to slow them down and affect his card.

Crawford desires for this fight because he knows what’s at stake. He needs a victory not only to protect his swollen resume 41-0, but also to help them get a re-sent. He gets $ 50 million smackers for this fight. A win over Alvarez could get Crawford an even more payday in the second -maybe as high as $ 100 million.

It helps that Turki Alalshikh likes Bud a lot and is willing to ignore the fact that it’s not a PPV draw. That’s not going to change, no matter what the result. Terence does not have the charisma, the presence of social media, and a fighting style that fans across the country enjoy watching. His fighting style is too similar to Shakur Stevenson, and there are not enough fans to support two security fighters first.